- les fleurs du mall
- Jun 30, 2014
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by LadyAmbien
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Goons, generally, don't seem to be well known for their excellent social graces. Add in an uncomfortable situation, and it's easy to see your only two options as being rude, or being a doormat.
Well, screw that! We all have situations wherein a necessary conversation looks like a minefield of issues, so let's pool the communal Goonmind and pump out some Judith Martin-level advice on asserting yourself in a respectful and non-confrontational manner. Let's Learn Advanced Etiquette!
My first question is one that has bugged me for a while now, with previous roommates, but is now becoming an issue with a coworker. How do I get people to stop stealing my poo poo?
It's not a huge, overt theft, but one annoying bastard at my job keeps taking my drinks. I stock the break room each week with juice and sodas for myself, and occasionally offer one to someone if they don't have money for the soda machine, but this dude has started taking multiple drinks per day without asking, and without offering to recompense me. So what's the best way to assert my right to not have my drinks taken, without calling the dude a thief and making him hate working with me. (even more than he already does...)
Or, to put it another way, how do I defuse a potentially hostile work situation without just making it worse?
Have you tried "Stop taking my drinks", and then walking away without having a conversation about it?
You don't want to have an actual argument but you want to make them moderately uncomfortable enough such that they feel like a dick.
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- les fleurs du mall
- Jun 30, 2014
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by LadyAmbien
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Put a passive aggressive note on the fridge. "Stop stealing my poo poo rear end in a top hat" might work.
Nah this won't work, they'll just keep taking it. Passive aggressive notes turn you into a doormat who everyone gossips about. You have to be confident and stand up to them without being rude about it.
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Jul 3, 2014 10:28
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- les fleurs du mall
- Jun 30, 2014
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by LadyAmbien
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Which is it?
Go to his boss and tell him that this dude loving sucks at his job and it's loving your department all up and ask if he has anyone competent he could loan you instead.
let me translate for you. The first post means "i have buttsex with him" and the second post means "no homo".
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Jul 4, 2014 05:31
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